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ABSTRACT Oral health is an important component of general health and should be maintained during pregnancy and through a womans lifespan Maintaining good oral health may have a positive effect on cardiovascular disease diabetes and other disorders In 20072009 35 of US women reported that they did ...

ABSTRACT In the United States more than one third of women are obese more than one half of pregnant women are overweight or obese and 8 of reproductiveaged women are extremely obese putting them at a greater risk of pregnancy complications Therefore preconception assessment and counseling are stro...

ABSTRACT The updated guidelines by the Institute of Medicine regarding gestational weight gain provide clinicians with a basis for practice Health care providers who care for pregnant women should determine a womans body mass index at the initial prenatal visit and counsel her regarding the benefi...

ABSTRACT Increasing numbers of women and adolescent females are incarcerated each year in the United States and they represent an increasing proportion of inmates in the US correctional system Incarcerated women and adolescent females often come from disadvantaged environments and have high rates ...

ABSTRACT Prenatal lead exposure has known adverse effects on maternal health and infant outcomes across a wide range of maternal blood lead levels Adverse effects of lead exposure are being identified at lower levels of exposure than previously recognized in both children and adults In 2010 the Ce...

Abstract Depression is very common during pregnancy and the postpartum period At this time there is insufficient evidence to support a firm recommendation for universal antepartum or postpartum screening There are also insufficient data to recommend how often screening should be done There are mul...